Improvement in protectors foe the edges of collars



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Letters Patent lvo. 70.025, dated October 22, 1867.

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TO ALL'WHOM IT MAY- CONCERN: i

Be it knownl that I, CYRUs W. SALADEE, of Newark, county of Licking, State of Ohio, have invented a' new and improved Mode of Constructing Paper Collars and Cuffs; and I' do herebyvdeclare that the following is a full and exact description thereoi, reference being had'to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon. I

The nature of my invention consists in the peculiar arrangements hereinafter shown and described, of protecting the top edge of paper collars, and at` the same time of imparting to the collar a style and variety of ornamentation at once novel and beautiful.

The manifest defect in all paper collars, notwithstanding the degree of perfection attained in their present manufacture, consists in the premature defacement of the top edge by -contact with the neck of the wezirer. The top edge of the collar, from perspiration and other causes, is soiled and defaced in one wearing to lsuch a degree as to forbidits u se a second time, and, indeed, in many cases, and I may say as a rule, the paper collars now in general use do not remain clean and tidy on the top edge even during the short period of one days wearing.- In fact, the collariis, during the warm days of summer, defaced in a few hours' time to such a degreel as to require a change several times duringa single day. I propose protecting, in any Ofthevarious ways hereinafter shown and described, the top edge lot' the collar, so that it will wear from two to three times as long as it now does without this protection, and at the same time add a degree of ornamentation in the iinish of col-- lars never before attained. In lthe drawings- Figure 1 represents the turn-down. or Byron collar, full shape and size, before-it has been broken on the dotted line c, and turned down,lwith the shield-piece or gure B extending from one end of the collar to the other. i 4 i l l Figure 2 represents the same collar as shown in i'g. VIl turned down and finished, showing the shield B as it appears when the collar is in use.

Figure 3 represents the inside surface of a standing collar, the dotted line D being the top-edge ofl the v same, with the shield-piece attached; and

Figure represents theV outside of the same when in use, showing the shield-piece' turned down over the top edge of the collar. l l i 1 v p The manufacture of paper collars with my improvement attached is substantially as follows For' the turn-down collars I proceed in the usual way; but before breaking the collar to turn over, on the dottediline c, I apply the shield-'piece or ligure B, by rst cutting out, with appropriate dies, the figure B, of such design as the fancy may suggest, from thinfstrong paper of any color desirable, and paste or otherwise secure the figure upon theiface of the collar A, as shown in iig. 3, before the collar' is'broken on the dotted line c and turned down, And the paper `or other suitable material used for the shield or figure B, and pasted olf4 otherwise attached to the face t' the collar, should be manufatured expressly for the purpose, and which alsoshould be perspiration-proof.

The application of this shield-piece B for thc purpose of protecting the edge of the collar, I contemplate 4making in a variety of ways, and do not, therefore, limit my claim to the precise manner' here shown.; nor do Iv limit my claim to the kind of material that shall or may be used for thispurpose, as any description of paper or other texture that is wholly or in part perspiration-proof will answer the purpose.

For standing collars the shield-piece B is cut ont as already described, and pasted on the inside of the collar so as to let the scalloped edge E'extend abpue the top edge of the collar, (dotted line D'representing-t'he top edge of the collar A, iig. 3,) and afterwards turned down over the edge ofthe collar, so as to expose the edge of the shield on the outside of the collar, as shown by iig. 4. 'I will here state that another method of using this shield-piece B, in connection with paper collars, is to manufacture them separate and independent ofthe collars, so formed that the shield is rst buttoned on'the neck-baud of theV shirt, and then button on the common white collar, and turn the top edge of theshield-piece down over the top edge of the collar. Thus there might be but one shield, B, accompany each box of collars, for in this cas the shield is intended to be made of such material as will last the wearing of from eight` to twelve collars. i

As I have already stated, the variety of styles that this invention is .susceptible of lis'almost unlimited;

For the fancy style of collars, such as We now have printed in fancy colors andfigures, nothing can so much add to the finished appearance of the collar as the application of this shield-piece or ligure B in any of the Iorms contemplated And I will here state that I contemplate using theimprovement herein described on linen collars, aswell as on paper ones, and for which purpose it is equally well adapted; so also for linen or paper cus. For linen collars or cus the figure B may be applied thereto, same as specified for the paper collars, but a. particularly ne appearance will be imparted -to the collar by cutting the figure out of some kind of colored fabric, and then stitching upon the collar; so likewise for the cuii's, have the figure pasted or stitched upon the edge coming in Contact with the wrist and hand, and thus afford the same protection to the edge of culis as to collars.

Having thus fully described the object and nature of my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tc secure by Letters Patent, is-

I claim protecting the Wearing edge ci' collars and cuffs by securing thereto the shield-piece B, in the mam ner and for the purpose substantially as shown and described. I

- CYRUS W. SALADEE,

Witnesses:

E. A. SALADEE, G. B. SALADEn. 

